By: Hughes (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) H.B. No. 1080
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a state judge for purposes of state
driver's license and personal identification laws.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.001(a)(8-a), Transportation Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(8-a) "State judge" means:
(A) the judge of an appellate court, a district
court, [or] a county court at law, or a statutory probate court of
this state; or
(B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter
201, Family Code, Chapter 54A, Government Code, or Chapter 574,
Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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